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1 ; Ii I ~: 311 IDbLESEX SESSIONS. ,YesterlaV, Ramsey, Gnaglt, and 'C i lartg7,. who were convieted ,of a conspiracy, in extorting tut from aperson of the 'name of Thomas F.itz litvh, Uiidt-r a fhreatof charging him with an _at-. tempt .cycorntrin an abominable crime, were brought up to, TeCCIVC the, judgment of the Court. WALLING addressed them in pointed lan gna,le, and told them that they were' brought up to receive judgment for one of the foulest offences that becommitted against an individual, oragainst soci;.:•ty, namely, that of combining together to. ex tort .money fret, another, tinder the pretence of their not prosecuting him for a hateful and disgusting crime. He desired that they would - understand, Chit if the person whom they had imposed upon had even been guilty of the crime 'imputed to.'him, yet they nevertheless were equally guilty of the offence imputed to them, because it was the height of wick edness to screen from justice so foul an offence. He then sentenced each of them to twelve months im prisonment in Cold Bath-fields. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 14. VERNEY V. GRANGE. This was'anattion to recover 2el. as the value of a hhise or pony sold by the defendant to the- plain tiff, he (the plaintiff) having no right to sell the pony, it being the property of another person, to whom the plaintiff, on evidence to that effect had restorcd. it: The,price given by the.plaititiff for - the pony was 81. and lie - noW brough t his ataion for -221. being the : increased• value 'of . the• pony, in conse cprenee of tie plaintiff having - .kept him at grass, by which:he got into an improved condition. It ap peared that the pony• in question was the property of apersou . of the name - of Chad, and having strayed ripen the manor of Aldingham, in Hertfordshire, one Corley, steward or bailiff to Mr. Thelluson; the Lord of the Manor, thought fit to sell him to the present defendant. Informing him however, that he . .was a stray, and stipulating that, in the event of - his being claimed, the pony : should be . restored, and the price repaid. The dekodant afterwards sold the pony- to the plaintiff, as the evidence for, the tiff went to shew, withbut. disclosing the fad of his beinaa stray, though' this latter fact was Contradid ed•lfy two witnesses for the defendant. . Lord ELLEtitittobati reprobated in very , strong terms, the conduet of the Baihti. That of which he had bten guilty was a 'very -stuttri6ful practice, and a errerss abuse of ..the law. Stray- horses ought to be kept forA.certain period.of rime,.inaftopun place, for the purpose- of .being reclaimed, and not, - as in the present instance; to - .be almost sold, as lawful prize." Such a practice was a prodigious en ,couragement to steating of hotses, in the neighbour hood.. His Lordship was of : opihion,..lipwever, as smite oft he, witness:es' swore that the plaintiff, 'w when he Purchasedsto4 pony, .was informed that he Was .a st ray, that he must . be : nnderstoocl to have bought him with all the: contingencies annexed to such a . charader ; 'SO that the - plaintiff was entitled only to flirt price paid by hicn,to the defendant. . Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages- 81. BAISWELI., V. PRICE, BART. This was iO9 brought by the plaintiff, who was stes.vardar butler to_Lbrd.Kerry, to recover frOta the deti. nckint, Styling himself Sir Edward O'Bryet) Price, Bart. the sum of 1261. being Money paid 'by the'plaintiff: for the deb_ndan-t's use. It appeared that the i a letupdatit, who issued il. and 2l:notes as a ..country banker, at 'Castle CNrey, • in SoriAsetshire; 'had ini•rocluced himself to the I,laintifr, stating his he- Aid' that the , plaintiff's and La":ly . Price . 'were cousins; had prevailed on him to take his country notes in exchange for the 13:•?.tik of England - Notes witlfWhich he was tumidly in the USQ of paying the'T viagss of his fellow se - wants, the . accounts of - his Lefr..i . i`.tratiesmen, &c.; and had even induced hitt to accept kill; for the defendant at . different tinit's..-= Fur doe or tit.'se bills amotin - ting' to 'lOOl. and tor cnuncry banking notes, under the firm of Sir E". 0' Brien Price and.CO. 'for '11:aod - 21: to the nominal' wirae of '2Ol. more, was this' action brought, the p.inieht of Wlitahan.accortut 'of the defendant be ing or, \fed by his tettei§. ;The Jury found a verdict for"the plainiill'aitriages 1261. HORNBY V. NUNLIO, BART: • ThTW Was :in action cif Trespass and faltelmiiri soninent brought by the plaintiff,ian ironmonger, in Tottenham-court-road, against the 'defendant, Sir Ilubit Mauro, Bart. Yroin'the evidence addiked it appedred, that the defetithut, Utider a forgetfulness of an order he' had giVen the plaintiff to prOicle finn - with two mai..us -; and'also to the heat Of As§ibn :arking'f'roth an over- Charge of six keys furnished by .the - plaitiliff',' had sent for . him to - 1) . 1;1711e 13Trotiei's)" house, where he • itr°a §wtndlinh Mart . The plaintiff' on ti:! , tlircatened an action frig • the amornit- of hi 4 aceou!it, aid was about to N I,ell Sr Hugh . declaring he should 'depart not' tilt t-1;i1 either 'settkt'. l s.accliutit or, given Iririi an opportunity of-tehde . riot; the' Inohey, 'putted the' key ow- nt the'sll4et• door, ns if he lic.d lo&Cd 'The plaintiff; tinder this impression, tolloWed-Sir Hugh b:4.lk:into lik'study, when the Ivey ua4 intmedi•ately given to-the •s - er•v ant, that the plaintiff in!ght have it in Us Vowel- tb depart- Nvheil tie chose; but before die did elepat,' clOwn l'is. of a 'charge 'of . t iss:. had made - for six ke'y's, made'some other abductions frOm•his "aecour,t, received payment of it, thui adjustetl,-And gae' a receipt for the amount. '• Lord • ELLR'NBOROUGH; in thes.-. circtrmsfarice.s„ cdJ ought this action-had . pl - 6caded on wrong .?1-ie , :theretore recornroended that'a Juryman might ;:be withdrawn._ the•Cotinsel• for the plaintiff would 7ree4llect, that, he had sonic power as- tb costs in a -Case , of this kind. • •. • Mr..l'anKE, for the'plaintifF, a4sent'eci; and a Jury man was-withdrawn. ' • JULY- 19.- SMI'tH STODDART. . . tr. PA uKg . stated. this - to.be an anion by which sought to recover accimpensatiortin-da niag.Cs for a- breach of iii oini§e -of niarriage„i The ; • plaintifY wv. a w,idow alut. thirty years of ago, ,being in .a . respectitble line of business as, a . lineji draper, and the defendant was a coach-maker, in South Audley-street: The plaintitrhad no children, and: the citliendant had an only daughter. Tl;e defend ant wils dcon , torned to deal with the plaintiff in her husband's lite-time; and 'Since she had become a widow he had called -Mbre constantly at Iter.shop, in the/month of •June,, 1.809, he. tendered Ln marriage. No person .was present at this time,. ,but, the whole tenor of the defendafit's condua would prove that such was the fad.. The plaintiff felt an R objection to the - defendant's proposal in copse- Vence of her having 'a maiden 'sister, a Mks Lawes, : who resided with her, but on communicating the mat- ter to . her sister, she learned that _there was a . y . L"ung man who had offered her. marri•age, -and who was. illing : to step forward and take the business otY Mrs. SMith's hands. It should, be shewn that'the deLuidant , actually; contemplation . of his ow❑ . marriage with Mrs. - Smith, negociaied wiih this young man what he would pay for coming into the plaintiff's business—that he instruEted. his child to, call her mamma—talking of her as being his pro 7, per ty and engaged that the mar riage s h ould take place, and the business of the plaintifl,be given up 10 the young - man 'alluded to, immediately on . the detend l ant's return' from Norwich, to w)iich place he was : then about to set out. The defendant, however, had chosen to retraa from this promise, ,and the plain tiff had been obliged to do, what. .slie.chiald not be supposed to' have done Avithont pain, she had. made a tender ul herself to the defendant. The circum stances.ot thedefendant ciould appear, troma merit under his own hand, to he most reipeetable - he having, in contemplation of the marriage, fur nished the, plaintiff with an account of his properv, amounting to 10,0001, and he bad. also, in.return, been_ furnished - with a state of ,tlie,plaintiff's. stuck in trade, &c. . . Robert Newman, who had offered to purchase the lease, &c..of the plaintiff's, shop, which lie ; gociated with . the detendant,.proyed the foregoing . tads, when • ' . . _ _ „ Ti l e Counsel for the parties, agreed that the, plaintiff should have a verdia tor 2001. . THE KING V. :COOPER. Tins was an. aetion against the defendant for _an , assault on a:person named Stark, , whilein the exe-; cution of hiS duty - as a revenue officer; There-was also . a count 'in theindi.thnent as for a common as• sault. It appeared that.; Stark, under the authority • of a writ of assiStance, directed to .a person of the , *name of Norris, now 4eceased, accompanied linn and another p , -rsoi?, , named Welts,• to.the noose of. Cowper, Wherethey had information that thew were secreted some spiceS, and other prohibited-gouds. Cooper and tis wile opposed the .officers coning, into the himse, insisted t tot they ought to have gistr ate' s warrant , to search, but at,terigth,subantted sis and, _in consequence, r twee ..riew and one old Ban-, danna handkerchiefs, and a,Frenchsiik had been used, were seized. On,coming . down stairs,, Cooper observed thit Stark ,had a silk han4erchiel about his neck, .insisted on Wells, seizingit also,. as being 'a Bandanna hantikerchiet : i and on Wells : refusing to. do so, ,seized Stark by the neck, and,, in conjunction with his (Cooper's) wile, almost strangled him. The handkerchief, which Stark pro•-. ductd, was torn in the :struggle. The officers had desired Cooper to be on his guard, .not..to resist, as he was already under .a recognizance io keep the peace ,towards Revenue Officers: .: Lord ELLBOR . OUGIL observed, that here the officers had finished .their search: Of.course, they were .not in the course of performing any aa, as Revenue Officers, at the time .the assault was corn rniued. . The Jury accordingly, found the defendant. Guilty of .the ,common assault, but acquiited him ,of the more .aggraeated: charge, • by yhich also his re cognizance will be saved. Ni • GRAVILSIND,'3I.ILY 22. Arrived—the Fanny,,--=—, - !tom C . uadaloupe; and the Mary Ann, Frith, from Martinique: Cointhitt,- Thomas, for Newfoundland. B!2 111 S. On Sunday the tstli inst. at Alresford, the Lady of Henry TVhborn . , Esq. o! a Daughter. On Wednesday.evetting, the igthinst..at his house at Al ton.' .Hants, the Lady of James Hutton Baverstock, of . a DaUghter. • '.IWARRIkb .On Sunday, last, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Henry Fooley,, E,sq,- of ,Manchcster, •Mrs: Wybrow, late of the Theatre Royal, Covcnt-i,arcten.' - • At St. George's Church, HanoVersquare, %Votton Isaac= son,. Esq.. of Mildew-liall;:in the County of • Suffolk, 'to: Miss Tattersall; only daughter of the late Edmund Tatter.n sail, Esq. of Grosvenor-place. 41.r.iMerry,..Silk-mercer,.of.Newcastle-street, ,Strand, W Miss Basset, of,Assetr.bly-row, End. DIEg. ov, Thursday the 12th inst.' at his lwuse at.Brpmler, Middlesex, Mark Hodgson, Esq. - • • Whiles, se'niiigioi -at_ gosp,ort, Lieutenant CorneliuS Whiles, of the I Z oyal Navy, aged zz. , pir Saturday last,-'arsonai.:,e-laoty.Se at Wilby, thd. 49t...) year of lias'itge.,. the Ilpv. st.eorge ..Beevor,. fifth son of szr Chornas Beevor, hart. lie was fteefor of Wilby with 11..qphatu, in Norfolk, and of North Covo with Welling ham, St. _Mar t ., .tlie CtiuotY of i uttiii.k.- • On Sunday list„ at Chcl:i.ea, alter l'ing,sring, illness, Cap: taut john sen. of in:l: . Roy d N4v); in his 77E" year; . t The same day,. !ohn -Head, Esq. of .Union.place, Lam.. beth. "Vesterday, at his house in Burklersniny, Mr. - RicLard. Cursor' Berry, Solicitor, • • • On the,26th ult. at her brother's house in the Isle. o Wight, Aliss• Michell, of 13righthclinstone. J I: IC f!, ESTII • Bank StoCk, Navy g per Cent. 9315-,:gg • • 4per Cent. 84i-1 • 3 per'Cent. ked. 681 i "' 3 per-:_ent.• Co;. 68 t 4 ; liaak 1.. Ann. i 8 I'GCKS RDAY. India .stocg, ISOI a 10m - ton& ; 19s. 2os. pr. Hx,.:',.,;..4. Bills, ,35., ss. Fr `l) mniwn, I I,Fdis. i I nifierial 3 ker 'C'ent. 1 C cities. for A14gu5t,.,..68i i LONDON MARKETS, &c. RETURN OF AVRE-AT IN MARK-LANE, By Messrs. C:H ltD snd Al ALrA S, Meal Weighers, . . ~ . . . including 0114 fro;:t July 9, to I uly ;4. agreeably to the Ad • 20 Quarters at 13os od 713 Quarters At 1045 04 133 -- at 1265 od - .1.L.5 -- at ,io:0 cd 9 ---- 21 1255 . 04 2085 ---- at 1025- 011 20 --.---- at 1245 Ed 1211 . at 101$ ad 34 - at loos od 559 --.4 at 122$ pd , 233 4 1 - at 1215 od 1991 -- at 984' od 974 at 120 S od . - 8.46 ---- at 975 'O 3 29 ..t - =i Q$ oil s..lKb --:.----- ut 965 od 21 / - A 21 t . 1 45 at 1.165 ad ' • 1 670 497 - at 92s od 1573 - at 913 cd 349 - at bB5 od . 97 300. . 55 . cd 337 - at 84, od .; 3 - at , toss ott ' I too And 34 ,Quarters at 785. per,Quarter. Total 23,290 Quaiters..—Average 1025. 9 1 • ~ . - . _ os. x , 4(t. higher than last Return. A R.F.TURN OF FLOUR, - ' From July 7, w lull , 13, from the Cocket-Officer a Sacks. s. 41.. • Sacks. s. u. Sacks. . s',., ; i -' 41 ---" los o 26 0 --: 97 o , . 15 --••• 9 1 , 11489 -,--• 100 0 IPO . ,--t— .96 o 64 ,---- 92 ` 330 0 --r— . 92 ° : 16 5 —9i 9 - 12 •-----9 v . b 9 - 0 7 0 --,-- 9 0 0 I : ' 0 —94 0 I. 20 -----,,, Tut:ll- 7 13,388 sacks. --- , Average 995.. 7id.' her 5.10•7 • , , os. ,;(1: lu than last re turn. • ______, • UXBRIDGE. . _ . Corialripedor's It'etutii.—THUßSDAY, IDLY 19. o d 1 Wheat, perld. 2.41.6 s to 331. os. Ile.ins - 535 - cd to Os 4 Barley, pergr 3Bs od to 4ss ad.. oid ditto, —s od to--..! 0 "j Oats - --a od t0:::',„..... . PRICE F • BAGS. POCKETS. • . Kqnt, 41. 4.. to 6L... os.. Kent, 41. 1.,. to 61. I ° s° Snt,ex, 51. IS,. to 51. Js. Sussex, .41. 4.,. to 5 “ P. Ei,ex,. 41. .oi. to 51. '505. Piriihani. 7 1 . ,s SI. , ' •0 ‘Sht.LTh. Red Clbver White ditto - 7fretoil - Rye-Grass' Turnip - • • Red and Green White Mustard Seed Brown' ditto - Carra way seeds - Coriander do. Oil-Cake, at the Drill! t< 1 :1 Si. anies's Markei 4s. zd. Cl4re ill irket ..Viiiteciiiip,Nlark.:qt 4s. per ?toile ofBlb. 12s. 71. Average price . . 43.. _ , _ . . • . , LONDON: Printed by 14,1 CHARD HARRIS; of No. 4, :dartlett-coutt; Bow-street ; and Pcblished by WILLIAM ARMI G E K SCRIP PS South Molton.strect. Grosvenor Nam. At the Sux-OPPics, No. 1)2, Strand, where Advertisements, Orders for the P a p er , L e tt ers f or t h e Edi tor , lice. (poselaid), must brc addressed. 705. od. td I'l2S. dO: lids. od: to 1 izs. do.. 17S, (AL 10 955. do. e 34 3 50 0 i 3 0 3. : o : i tt l . .. to i: ..?5.4 ' 6 0, 5 55 . ... g o ( L i t . a i EC,' ' l ,. , , 15) 1e1 SS. Olt. 10 I. 0(1. Ot. - 12.5. Olt. to ISS. ed. I t°' 425. cd. to 465. oil - 2:S. id. to 045. ____ , • 161. tbs. per I'lioussi' R:\ W 11.1 1) LS. .1 ' - 13e:t I tellers 8: Ste.ers,(p - er sr.) , Oi.tolnry 25 4d to zs. ° 35 i'o'r to 35 2:1 Market Colt 145 od coil' 0 4 Middlings ^.S 8d to-25 /0:1 . i Ellg.HOISe 15s OU to i fi Sl:niftillAS - • - !bd. • ' 1.4(1110 SKIIIS - , - IS 9.3 to 2S 6A NEVVGA FE AND 1.E.A1)1-1.1 - LL - NIAI4KEI S • liy'the Cid - CaSC. 4 Peet' - 4s..ctl:•to ss. 4.1. Veal 8,1, to u s ' Mutton 4s. Bt4. to ss. Pork. Ss. to '• - ssod to 6s 4cl FALL() ... TOWllTitiloW 72,5. 00. $* Yellow Russia bra. White do. 6ss. ad... 05• Se N do. 60. --s. od. Melting, SculF6os. od. Ditto rougll:42s.. od. Graves izs. ed. Good •Dregs izs,. od. Yellow Soap, 9.us.—Mottled, loos.--Curd; 104 3 ' 4 1 Price of Candles ver I.ZS. 6d.—Moulds 13$. St. lANIES's HAY MARKET, July 2.[• , Hay, 51. ss. od. to 91. os. od.—Aver. 71. 2,5• 61 `1 J, Straw, zi. 17s. ,- fo 31. 9s. bd.Aver, 31. 3s. 42 , kyIIITECHAPEL /JAY MARKET. fior 61. os. od. to 81. S. od.--Aver. 71. 4.s.•°J. d flew 61. 12S. od. to el. os. od.-Aver. el; •os. 0 , n th' ':lover, 71; fo;i: °Cie os. od.—Aver.\ Sl.• ISS• - Straw, 21. ,i& od. 7..0 31. 6s. od.--Aver. 31. Is. 041.) • , . COAL ; A MA I2KE'IS.. -. July Ships at Market Ships Sold : Prices i 20:. 83 Newcastle , • • ~^,, 4 at 475.' 3d: to 59 5 ' a i Sunderland 8 at 475. 6d. to 505 Jr WEAVER V. VINCENT AND SCOTT. Mr.' GARROW stated, that his Learned Friend,. the Atiorney-General,..had informed him he should •haVe ail he asked In this Case j but he • was afraid . his Learned Friend and he would not agree in 'what this all consisted. The plaintiff's goods had been seized on, Carried•off and sold, and a commission. &bank rupt had even been taken out against him,. and his trade had been broken up in consequence of the att of the defendant in this . ease, • The Lord Chancellor had already•gtanted• to tare plaint:lf than relief to which he - waS:entit entitled for the suing out of the COM by superseding it, and fining Mr.•A:incent liable in costs. • But, was the plaintiff to have nothing *but the value of his goods; as ascertained at this sale 'made by the defendants themselves ? Was he to have nothing =for the trespass on- •hisl , dwrllihg-house for the' Aireaking O of his trade ? for the selling . of tilt:Neil bed on -which his children lay i in fact` , , forthe ruin of his atftirs hen his Lord , - s'hip informed' him (Mr..,GiiTrow) :that the value of his furniture at . sucli a saleas this was all that he: was etitiiled;t , o bylaw for , such, grievances as these, he shook: acqUiesce in- the decision, ballot till then.. The tads of the case s were• proved, and it • ap peak& tliat }lion with the plaintitPs Oleos carried off mid old under the execution, was a great gnan 7 t;:iy of tnisnUSoript music; which One oldie. witnesses v - alued at from 3001. to 4001. '•0 -;The declatation, as to thi.S — parficular, bow -ever; having been amended -only the second day , ef trial, .• _ A' verdict was agreed- to,•taken for , the plaintiff, -subieetto a r•!ference,to John'Glede; lisq: of the Inner Temp a Yesterday a 'shocking accident happened at the .corner s of Queen-street, next to Drury-lane. A cart ; was turning the t:orner, .loaded with an immense .quantity of flap ,povemept stones,, th.e. sides of the . cart cc,usi,,thwi L otily of strong ,upright stakes, with . out,any jolt the stones were ; shaken agaiust,t*se uprights, .which broke, arid do,wkisainej , ,he ; stones . with 'a terrible crash, over torb:ing.ti;e cart,at:the same time. Unfortunately a man was passing 'at the time. with a ,truck, and part . of the stones falling. upon Ilan,. he was terribly bruised, ,and some of h,s, ribs br o ken. ;He NA as immediately taken : to n Hospital with but faint ~ hopes, of recovery. , The truck was brokt.,n to pieces. EDLYBURCH, J ULY 18. KIDNAPPING CHILDREN DETECTED AND, rtrtusncri: A case of a most atrocious and aggravated nature wt us diltermintd a few clays ago by the Sheriff of Edinborg It, on a complaint at the,instance of Messrs . . James and Robert Bisset, manufaOurers at PrinlawS, , near Leslie in:Fite, and of the mothers and sister bt three young boys (who had been engaged at Messrs. Bissets spinning-mills) with consent of 'lie Prosecutor Fiscal of the county, against Jahn Lead biller, some time butcher,in North Leith, for hay-' ing' him • punishej, and the boys returned to their parents. The circumstances of the case are these-;=Lead bitt'er; who ter many moinhs had bein'in the prao;: ticeof advertisirig for yoting boys for sea, did, about' the middle - of March last', send -off by the Trafalgar coach, which leaves 'Edinburgh every morning at, five o'clock fin London, the • Said three boys for Shields or- Sunderland, to persons there, to be sent to sea; ordisposed of to the best advantage ; .and for each boy, when zceepted, he: received a pre mium of t %v . ° guineas, and .was relieved ofthe charges of sending then) to England.: The two oldest boys, of the names of Charles :Walker and: John Lindsay, the former abOut andifie latter, Only 1 ,13 years 'old, Were turned off the *coach at MOrpeth, and sent to sea ; and the "youngest bey, Wham -Barr, only 11 yearS• old,: was. carried forward to Shields, where 'he was prat :on board a vessel in the Roads 'for several: weeks,: but hearing by accident that he was to. be-seOt a way on .stirne distant voyage; he priVately ma,!e his.escape, without a hat on his bead or a shoe on his foot; and begged all the way 'to LeSiie, a distance. 'of fully. -I , fo • Miles, in eight 'days, where he was received. with inexpressible jny his mother, a poor widow wo- ii] 3 n. :12 tie mother eif-Isindsay traversed the cot - limy for ten days - in:quest -Ortie'r child, in;a tit of despair, till, 'by stcitietwat Leith, on ,berteturn to LiAie, she was intocifieck , that Leadbitter was in the,prac tide of 'di‘iposing of children . fdr.gain. ~Shei,accordi ngly applied .to him ; but, • shocking 'to relate,. in; plate . ot beingt ,cOnvineed that he was guilty of a wrong, he declared he. Was: unconscious of -it.- Evety lenient measure :to have the boys restarOd: to toeir parents, proriog ineffeauid, the • applica- . tton to the Sneritf, before mentioned; becarne•ne- cessary. . . . : In, the. course of the investigation, it turned - out• that by this nefarious and inhurrian ',traffic,' Lead bitter, by ..his.own confession, was pocketing at the' rate•of 12001. per annum ; that he thought it no ,erint to send:the boys out of their native country . at the age :of 13, witkout the consent :of their parents, though he himself acknowledged he had a• wife and three children. To prevent deteetidn e he took care not to men- • tion the boys names, but - their numbers only, in-the • way-bill of the Trafalgar coach, , and was most soli, citous to prevent their escapein Edinburgh; and on their , way •to Shields e•but, notwiths , .anding, some of the, boys made their escape, which generally •• ended in a quarrel !between 'the guard , 'of the coach and -Leadbitter . ... The Sheriff most proeerlyappoint- - ed . Leadbitter to attend personally in Court, to wit ness all the investigation going 001' but he, appre hensive of • Ins danger, tell :upon a stratagem •to quash, if possiblethe. matter entirely. On Sun , day se'nnight. he and two other persons , crossed the • Forth, and travelled to Dysart and Leslie, and .by gross misrepresentation, 'did 'obtain front two of the unhappy women, letters disclaiming , the process ; but which they understood to be letters:to the boys themselves, whom one sof the persons mentioned he had seen in good health, and 'mould- carry the letters to them. Leadbitter 'produced those most improper documents as a . bar to the 'adion : , • bUt the women came to Edinburgh, and Satisfied the She riff,. that all was an imposition., • a!ll required that the • action :might be proceeded in.—The• Sheriff, upon . the clearest evidence, had t - to - ' hesitation' in finding, that the carrying off boys.when in-it state of puberty, furth of Scotland, 'Withent.the knew.: ledge or consent of their parents, is a-highly aggra vated offence, and that the defender had aekitOw•• ;edged hiMself guilty thereof ; therefore, he:grant ed a warrant to commit hint to jail for the' space of fourteen days, and!thereatter, until he-find ent caution to restore the . two boys, Walker. and Lindsay,: to their relations. within the space of two moeths, under the penalty of 601. sterling;' and. be sidj him liable , in expenceS; • :Before 'pro , nouncing judgment, the - Sheriff -addreSsed Lead bitter 'lO !a inbst impressi've manner; importing, that if the utmost . rigotir of the -law had bett .adopted, he would perhaps' have . been tried ca pitally, in place of suffering arbitrary puthsh , ment . That Leadbitter having • acknowledged. himself-to be a huSbMd and: . the father of three children, while he unfeelingly declared, that he Was- unconseio6s l oftnilt, struck •.him (the She ' riff) more forcibly - than any other part of his cote : duct. He asked him how he would . himseir feel if :atty of hiS own children had been 'sent off, perhaps never to be more heard of, it he • would' not be i• active in bringing to• punishmetit such an impious Offender.? Before dknnssing him, he reminded him tha . tiiarents had the sole direction of their children - till they'viere 14 years of age;. that, in the -present instance, he had- deprived - thern of this sfrties and comfort; by • sending them off from theif native country for •gain,: even ,at the boyish thoughtless years, of eleven, the ag7 of the boy Barr, whom he just'ta'w at the bOttoin• of the table; and that. Lead bitter ought therefore to be thanl.ful for the Mild punishment to be hatted on him, and hoped that he now •perceived the gross enormity of his crime, 'and would never be guilty of the like in future. Sunday 'evening, about nine o'clock, .a decent dressed woman threW 'herself into the Thames, at J3laFkfriirs-bride; . forlificately her intention . ,was °perceived, and' she was rescued frOm the watery element in sufficient time to save her life. family qqarrel was said. to be the cause of her committing the' . rash:aet. A CARP.-The Friends of the late,MAuK Hone , soN, Brewer; and the. yu6lid,:are _respectfully :in forMed, that .the BreWery will be carried on by - the "Executors, for the benefit of the 6imily, in every respea as before. Their future oiderS will be treated with the greatest attention. SPORTING IIVELLIGENCE. WINCHESTER RACES, luty 17: TC:f.SDAY. . ~ : 144 Majesty's Plate of 01. e Hundred Guineas. Mr: Douglas's Delusion, 5 yrs, old - - 1 • Mr. Bouvet - it's Discount, 5 yrs old - - t I Mr: Dilly's Guatlio. aged _ ... - .: . 4) 4 on Delusion. WEDNESDAY. . . The City Plafe ‘ of Fifty ,Pcunds. Mr. Bouverie's Discount, s yrs. old - Mr. Goddard's Nyinpnina, 6 yrs old 7 - z to z on DiScount, ,‘. . I I 2 d r • 'p W 1 4 . ry Nit. I.l r ‘ riti , 451t41.:, P u i tdk r kss '4'411 • 411', tll4, ~~~